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White Church, Black Pastor: Leading a Majority Culture Church as a Minority Culture Minister

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This panel discussion with Rufus Smith and Craig Strickland was recorded at the MLK50 Conference in Memphis, TN on April 3-4, 2018 and was graciously sponsored by the Memphis Christian Pastors Network.

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Rufus Smith IV is the senior pastor of Hope Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Memphis, Tennessee, and co-chair of the EPC Rev. 7:9 Taskforce. Previous roles have included senior pastor of the City of Refuge EPC in Houston, executive director of City of Refuge’s community development center called “The Forge for Families,” and chaplain for the Houston Rockets. In 2016, he founded the Memphis Christian Pastor’s Network (MCPN). He and his wife, Jacqueline, have three adult children.